Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1887-08-11
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two thousand dollars month for the
privilege of running their lottery games.
ENGLAND has a spectacle mission"
for the distribution of spectacles among
the poor who are afflicted with ocular
ailments.
THE death rate of the whole earth
has been calculated to be 81 q minute,
81 ,79O day, and S5, $3.50 1856 year, and
the birth rate at 40 minute, l00,SO0 a
day, and 81, ,792 900 a year.
A PHILADELPHIA society writer has
made the important discovery in social
ethics that if you wish TO be extremely
English you must not speak to any one
on the street when you are driving in
handsome cab.
THE nationality Of four young ladies
seated in restaurant was easily dstin-
guishable by their orders which were
rs follows: English, roast beef; Ger
man, sauer kraut French patti dc foie
gras, and American, pink ice cream.
MAHOGANY was first known to
Europeans in 1896 through Sir Walter
Raleigh who used the wood in repair
ing one of his vessels. For more than
q hundred years thereafter the wood
was little known or used, but in 1920 1t
became quite commonly employed in
cabinet making and since has become o
staple of commerce. Spanish America
is the chief source or supply for mahog-
ony of superior grade.
A DISTINGUISHED aeronaut OF Eng
land is constructing what is thought
will be the largest and most complete
balloon in the world. France is manu-
featuring the material, a mixture of
cambria and silk which will be coated
with special preparation of india-rub-
Der. The netting will be of superior
hemp and extra strong and is being
manufactured In Italy. This balloon
is to be used in the passage of the Brit
ish channel.
AN interesting cure for insanity was
recently developed in the cases of two
men both inmates of the same cell In an
asylum. Each Of these untortunates |
was intrusted with the watch and care
of the other and was given to under
stand that they were regarded as per-
fectly sane and reliable. Through the
constant exercise of their mental facal-
ties they both regained their full and |
perfect control and eventually they
were both discharged as sane.
THE chief reason why good swimmers
are so often drowned when they are ac-
cidentally thrown into the water is be-
cause the shock causes them to lose
their presence of mind. The loss of |
presence of mind leads to paralysis of
the body. or to such wild exertions as
accelerate drowning instead of contri-
buting to preservation. The ability to
act wisely in case of sudden accidents
can only be acquired by experience just
as everything else has to be acquired.
IN the schools of Sweden a branch
study known as slojd (hand-work) il
prosecuted. This comprises instruc-
tion in the use of the saw, hammer,
knife and paint brush. This is consid-
cred not only as training to the facul-
ties but the first step toward the learn.
ing of trade. Assidnous young ar
tisans are allowed the use of school i'm
plements for their own purposes and
the instances Of seli-repairing thinkers,
tailors and shoemakers in the schools
are not rare. In most of the extreme
northern countries the system has prov
en- success.
DEMONSTRATION of watchers without
hands has lately attracted some atten-
tion, the usual hands being replaced by
figures denoting the hour and minute,
which appear in openings in the dial
plate; the mechanism is simple, and oD-
ly few more parts are required than
in an ordinary watch. Two wheels are
used to denote the minutes-one, which
moves forward once a minute. being
geared to second one, marked with
the ten-minute figures, and every ten
minutes tooth on the first wheel en-
cages with the teeth on the second,
moving it forward one figure. Thus,
every minute Of the hour Is shown on
the face of the watch, and, at It's CON-
pletion, both minute wheels show two
ciphers, and are ready to begin the
round again the hour is shown on a
separate wheel, and an ordinary hand
indicates the seconds.
In some Of the large cities OF the
Union the possibilities Of glass and pa
per as building material are being consid-
cred. Glass as building material has
many advantages froma sanitary stand.
point. 1t is cleanly and easily kept un-
polluted by disease, organisms or dis
ease-producing filth. 1t is non-absor-
bent and will not collect or hold moist
ure, as is the case with wood or brick.
1t is poor conductor Of heat save that
received from the rays of the sun which
for health purposes is the most valu-
able. Paper also has its advantages
when treated by certain processes. 1t
can be prepared SO as to be fre-proof |
and waterproof, and az non conduct
or of heat 1t is Invaluable. It is no
idle hope which calls up a vision of |
manufactured articles from glass and |
paper which will fill all the require
ments exacted of the building materials |
of to-day.